Sacred Rock

Adam Clark Vroman (1856-1916)

Date

ca. 1900
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Mount: 9 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, recto:
Along right side in black ink: Place where the \ "Snake Dance" was \ held. \ The Sacred Rock \ is a natural freak \ standing 22 feet \ above top of mesa, \ around which the \ dance takes place \ The "Kisi," is \ of Cottonwood bow- \ ghs, at the foot \ of which the Snak- \ es, are put until \ the preliminary \ exhortations are \ gone through.
l.l. below image, handwritten in black ink: "Sacred Rock."
l.r. below image: "Kisi," or Altar.
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1976.14.9.1
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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